My mom with Alzheimer’s now believes there is a man in her bed, she can't get him out and therefore sleeps in the chair. I have tried a few tactics - I have said he is gone, also tried telling her to kick him out, I have kicked him out. Any suggestions? She is not getting any sleep now. She also thinks the woman in the mirror does not like her (they used to be friends). Is this indicative of a further decline - is this “normal” for Alzheimer’s?
If you don't have a dog, perhaps you can foster one for awhile. (?) if you are a pet person.
Get her a stuffed teddy bear, and perhaps that may work.
Put a pretty poster or picture up against the mirror, as the forum has suggested.
Or lil party lights at night.
Play soft music that she likes. maybe she can close her eyes and listen to that. books on tape.
At least your mom still talks. I hope she gets a bit of rest and piece of mind.
My grandmother had lots of hallucinations when she was having health challenges. Once her sodium levels were out of whack - probably from diet changes and type of blood pressure medication. Once, she was sick and kept imagining a hole in the floor. Once she and my mom came from Illinois to visit us in Colorado and she had oodles of hallucinations. It turns our that she wasn't oxygenating well (oxygen is much lower in the mountains and she has a bad heart) and a little oxygen tank was the "fix" for the remainder of the visit.
When she moves on to a different delusion, she may start using the bed again.
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